A Manhattan jury is set to decide whether three men in Central Park after last year’s Puerto Rican Day Parade were good Samaritans or part of the wilding bunch of thugs that attacked dozens of women.

Jury deliberations are slated to begin in Manhattan Supreme Court today on whether Abel Ortiz, David Garcia and Juan Miranda sexually assaulted women in the park last June 11.

In closing arguments, their lawyers contended all three were trying to help victims of the attacks.

Ortiz’s lawyer, Edward Hamelin, noted the only victim to identify his client has a multimillion-dollar lawsuit pending against the city, and referred to her “a money-hungry woman [who made] a false allegation.”

He pointed to videotape showing his client trying to clear a path for the victim by “fighting men off.”

Prosecutor Maxine Rosenthal said the defendant participated in attacks on at least seven women.

She said that after he attacked the victim he says he helped, he can be seen on tape “pumping his arm and smiling,” and during other attacks, he’s seen laughing and clapping.

“Are these the actions of a hero?” she said.

Garcia’s lawyer, Verena Powell, admitted her client is caught on tape grabbing the rear ends of two women, but she pointed to video that showed one of the victims smiling and the other going back into the crowd.

“This was consensual. [They] were having fun,” she said.

Rosenthal agreed videotape shows the woman going back into the crowd, but argued that she was irate.

Miranda’s lawyer, Frederica Miller, said the only thing her client is guilty of is being in the wrong place at the wrong time. She said he helped one victim out of the park, and literally ran into the woman he’s accused of grabbing.

Rosenthal once again countered with videotape that showed Miranda apparently reaching for the victim.